d is for dessert

D is almost always for dessert at our house. I love treats. I love making them, eating them, and giving them away. I love to make pretty food, and this almost always means something sweet to me. Last night we had a family over for dinner and I decided to make a fruit pizza. I have made this lots of times and several different ways and I almost always get asked for the recipe. I just combined a few different recipes to make up this one. It's really versatile and really tasty. Last night I made one big pizza and actually baked it on my pizza stone. It worked great. I had to take something to a baby shower once and decided to make individual size pizzas to take for that. I did those little ones again for our young women at New Beginnings this year. I made it once to take to a friend and used my spring form pan for a mini size pizza. They all worked great. You could make some cute ones with flower shaped cookie cutters. Hmm... I may have to try that soon.

Crust: (use your favorite sugar cookie recipe, here's one of mine)

1/2 butter

1 cup sugar

2 3/4 cups flour

1 beaten egg

Blend butter and sugar thorougly. Add flour and beat thoroughly. Add beaten egg and blend.

Shape and bake at 400 for 10 minutes.

(Does anyone else LOVE how few ingredients there are in sugar cookies??)

Frosting:

8 oz. cream cheese (feel free to use light, or fat free)

2/3 cups sugar

juice of 1 orange (you could use 3 Tbsp. or so of oj from concentrate too)

You just bake the crust as you want (one large crust, a few smaller pizzas, or cookie size) and let it cool. Then top it with the frosting and decorate with fresh fruit and berries as you like. It's delicious and nutritious!